I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.

My faith is tested daily.

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.

It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.

I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' And she said, 'Maybe not that.'

There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.

I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.